Tuesday, March 14, 2006

A simple recipe for deliciously rich and fluffy pancakes that are perfect for a lazy Sunday breakfast at home. Drizzled with warm maple syrup and layered with sliced bananas and nuts of your choice, these are positively decadent.

Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.Whisk the buttermilk, egg and melted butter in another bowl, then mix into the dry ingredients. Heat a non-stick frying pan on a medium, add a bit of oil or butter.Take about 2 Tbsp of pancake batter for each pancake and fry in small batches on both sides until golden brown (about 2 minutes per side).Keep pancakes warm in a cool oven or under a piece of foil (or do what my Mum does - she always makes one large pancake at the end and puts on top of the small ones to keep them warm).

To serve the pancakes, layer them with sliced bananas and toasted nuts, and pour over the maple syrup.

Anne - No food is good at 6.43am, I agree. That's why career in politics remained so brief and I chose academia instead (can sleep longer in the mornings and have a leisurely breakfast:)

Dagmar - I'm planning to make apple & milk curd pancakes this weekend myself. Which reminds me that I'm looking forward to reading more about the apple cooking book you got for Jul!

J - I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I had quite a few with my fingers as well. They were just so perfectly soft and fluffy and syrup-drenched that I just could not resist forgetting all my good table manners:)

w7 - hey - I only use 1 egg to make pancake batter for 2 - that's not soooo much?! But yes, bananas and nuts and maple syrup do make it a rather rich and very indulgent breakfast. However, I'm all worth it:)